India today announced a slew of sops for it focusing on 4Cs -- cooperation, connectivity, culture and constitution, amid Modi's promise to review any aspect of the 1950 Treaty that may be of concern here.

NEW DELHI: Nepal continued to hog the limelight on Monday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's concluded his visit to the Himalayan nation, while the other neighbour down south got a rap in the knuckles when New Delhi summoned the Sri Lankan envoy to protest against an article that appeared in one of its official websites.

Modi wound up his visit to Nepal, hailed by local media as one of the most successful by a foreign leader in memory, with a promise to "review, adjust and update" the all-important 1950 bilateral treaty to better reflect "current realities". The treaty that calls for free movement of people and goods between both countries is unpopular in sections of Nepalese society.

Earlier in the day, the PM met with the important political leaders including Maoist leader Pushpa Kumar Dahal 'Prachanda' and Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav. The two countries also pledged not to let "unscrupulous elements" to misuse the open border. The decision was taken at a meeting of PM Modi with Nepal PM Sushil Koirala.

Delhi has been concerned for several years now over Nepal being used as a thoroughfare by the Pakistan-based terror groups and ISI. India also offered assistance for development of Janakpur, Baraha Chhetra and Lumbini, including linking Lumbini with the Buddhist circuit of India, based on specific proposals from Nepal.

This is aimed at countering China that has been interested in developing these Buddhist circuits. Modi also gifted 2,500 kg of sandalwood to the Pashupatinath temple.

Meanwhile, in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in Parliament on Monday that India condemned the derogatory article published in Sri Lankan defence ministry website, and would take up the matter seriously with Colombo. "The issue raised by (AIADMK leader) V Maitreyan is indeed very serious. India strongly condemns it.

We will definitely summon the High Commissioner of that country and tell him about it," Swaraj said in Rajya Sabha on Monday after AIADMK members trooped into the Well demanding a statement from the government.

The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry had tendered an unqualified apology to both Modi and Jayalalithaa over the defamatory pictures on its website about the two leaders. Earlier, Jayalalithaa had written to Modi demanding an apology from the Sri Lankan High Commissioner. India-Lankan ties have not made much progress since Modi's anointment over the fishermen issue.